The 2018 35 Under 35 in the Space Industry Awards

With thanks to the Selection Committee and everyone that applied The International Institute of Space Commerce was proud to announce on Tuesday the 24th of July 24 via live webcast from the Chelsea Wine Bar (a well known NASA hangout) the winners of the inaugural 35 Under 35 Awards, with the Class of 2018 proudly listed below (in no particular order).

  • Blair Bigelow, United States, VP Corporate Strategy, Bigelow Aerospace.
  • Temidayo Oniosun, Nigeria, Research Scientist, University of Tech Akure.
  • Ruth Hextall, United States, Reliability Engineer, Bastion Technologies.
  • Elodie Viau, France, Senior Mgr Sat Pgms, SES.
  • Mariel Rico, United States, Safety Engineer,SAIC.
  • Noah Paul-Gin, United States, Pgm lead Engineer, Made in Space.
  • Austin Dula, United States, Attorney-Partner, Pennington Kumar & Dula.
  • Ty Johnson, United States, Avionics Technician, Made in Space.
  • Ian Christensen, United States, Dir of Private Pgms, Secure World Foundation.
  • Marilyn Ferguson, United States, Computer Scientist, Blue Origin.
  • Takiyah Simons, United States, Sr. Research Scientist, Leidos Corporation.
  • Vinita Marwaha Madill, United Kingdom, Space Ops Engineer, European Space Agency.
  • Clementine Decoopman, France, Executive Director, Space Generation Advisory Council.
  • Bethany Downer, Canada, President, Reaching Space Science.
  • Paul Lemon, United States, Prop Engineer, Boeing Company.
  • Marcel Kaufmann, Germany, Phd Candidate, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal.
  • Nate McIntyre, United States Advisor Industry Affairs, FAA Office of Commerical Space Transportation.
  • Alan Sisson, United States, VIPER Engineer, Summit Technologies Solutions.
  • Gadhadar Reddy, India, CEO, NoPo Nanotechnologies.
  • Shen Ge, United States, Independent Contractor, Host “Shen Show on Space”.
  • Minoo Rathnasabapathy, South Africa, Former Exec Director, Space Generation Advisory Council.
  • Natalia Larrea Brito, Spain, Senior Consultant, Euroconsuit.
  • Mary Hill, United States, Operations Manager, Systems Planning and Analysis/
  • Joel Spark, Canada, Co-Founder and Chief Tech Officer, Spire Global Inc.
  • Tamara Statham, United States, SLS Trajectory-Range Safety Analyst, Jacobs Space Exploration Group.
  • Naveen Vetcha, United States, Liquid Propulsion Analyst, Jacobs ESSCA/ERC.
  • Joyeeta Chatterjee, India, Project Manager Financial Industry Group, Reed Smith.
  • Patrick Harvey, United States, System Engineer, Virgin Orbit.
  • Lucas Fonseca, Brazil, CEO, Airvantis.
  • Sinead O’Sullivan, Irleand, Research Fellow, U.S. Center for Climate Secty.
  • Joseph Walker, United States, Team Lead, Bastion Technologies.
  • Christina Aas, Norway, Co-Founder, Science Technology AS.
  • Giancarlo Villena, Peru, National POC, Space Generation Advy Council.
  • Leslie Smith, United States, Prop Engineer, Marshall Space Flight Center.
  • Tahir Merali, Canada, Project Management Engineer, Canadian Space Agency.

Congratulations to all winners!